Historically, the Qarakhanids are thought to be the first Central Asian Islamic dynasty with rulers who had Turkic origins and a court that was run in a Turkic language (Biran2015,2016; Duturaeva2016; Hua2008; Kochnev2006; Paul2001; Pritsak1951,1953; Umnyakov1927). At the end of the 1...
A recurrent story about incense use in Japan refers to a highly revered and large piece of agarwood known asRanjatai, which was a gift from the China Court to the Emperor Shômu (724–748 C.E.) (Bedini1963; Brinkley1902; McKenna and Hughes2014). Small pieces have been removed from Ranj...